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Companies such as General Motors Co. and manufacturing software provider Plex Systems are testing the hands-free, head-mounted intelligent devices for different uses in manufacturing, research and development.

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TROY, MICH., July 30, 2014 – Industry leading companies continue to choose Plex, the leader in cloud-based ERP for the manufacturing enterprise, to run their organizations. More than 30 companies have selected Plex in the first half of 2014, representing nearly 60 percent growth in new customers year after year. New Plex customers include Irwin Seating, Queen City Pastry and Ritron, Inc.

TROY, MICH., July 8, 2014 — Plex, the leader in cloud-based ERP for the manufacturing enterprise, Tuesday announced it appointed Tina Holm as vice president, partners and alliances, with responsibility for building and managing the Plex Partner Network worldwide. Holm was most recently at Oracle, where she led Midsize Application Alliances for North America.

TROY, MICH., June 18, 2014 – Plex, the leader in cloud-based ERP for the manufacturing enterprise, last week recognized manufacturing organizations for industry leadership, transformation, innovation and spearheading manufacturing’s future. Inteva Products, Ralco Industries Inc., Green Flash Brewing Co. and Canvas Watch Co. are the first-ever recipients of the Plex Impact award.

The annual PowerPlex customer event is now an established fixture on the analyst circuit with some of the best minds in manufacturing ERP in attendance along with 900 other attendees. The company made a raft of important announcements including the closing of a $50 million investment round by T. Rowe Price and Accel Partners, new innovations in mobile, a roadmap for solutions that take Plex up the food chain and new support packages.

Plex Systems is a leader in cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturing enterprises, such as the aerospace and defense, food and beverage, and motor vehicles industries. At its PowerPlex 2014 conference, they announced Plex Enterprise Edition, a suite of applications built to support complex, global, multi-plant manufacturing organizations’ financial and supply chain management (SCM) requirements.

Manufacturing industries are arguably an excellent place for cloud to be deployed, but for some reason it has been easier to tell a story around cloud solutions for professional services, technology, media organizations and their ilk.

T. Rowe Price led a $50 million investment in Plex Systems Inc., a software company that enables manufacturers to run their operations from the cloud.